Sears and Kmart closing another 40 stores -- here's where

Sears Holdings is shutting down another 40 stores as the once dominant player in retail struggles to survive in bankruptcy.

Employees at 29 Sears and 11 Kmart stores were told Thursday their locations would close in February, with liquidation sales to begin late next week, Sears said in a statement on its website. The shutdowns are in addition to the previously announced closure of 142 unprofitable stores, a process that's expected to be complete near the end of the year. (See the list of latest closures at the bottom of this story.)

In addition, the company, which is trying to stave off liquidation after filing for bankruptcy in mid-October, is expected to finish the closures of 46 money-losing stores this month.

A company spokesperson declined to comment on how many employees have been impacted.

All told, the closures would leave more than 600 Sears and Kmart stores in operation. The number of stores had peaked in 2012 at 4,000, including its Sears Canada division that was later spun off.

As of Aug. 4, 2018, there were 506 Sears stores and 360 Kmarts in operation.

Fewer than 90,000 people still worked for Sears Holdings earlier this year, down from 350,000 in decades past.

Which stores are closing

Here are the 40 Sears and Kmart stores targeted for closure, according to the company's site: